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Police said Stites and another 18-year-old, Aaron Higgins, have broken into about 20 cars, including a police vehicle, and stolen two of them.

"We had information that Stites had access to firearms. That's what led us to that situation," said Jeffersonville Police Detective Todd Hollis.

Monday evening, dozens of police officers and heavily armed SWAT team members surrounded a Jeffersonville home on Whitehorse Vale Drive, waiting for Stites to surrender.

"He was, of course, upset and nervous, and we told him he needed to surrender and speak with us," said Hollis.

Police said the standoff was the result of an investigation starting the night of June 30. Between then and the morning of July 1, more than 20 cars were broken into across Jeffersonville.

"Among the vehicles broken into that night was one Jeffersonville police vehicle," said Hollis.

Detectives said the investigation sped up Monday afternoon, when police said Higgins fired shots at a man inside a car in Higgins' driveway on Whelan Lane.

After a short standoff, police said, Higgins, who was already a person of interest in the break-ins, surrendered, telling police he thought the man in the car had stolen from his family.

"This incident kind of gave us an opportunity to get with Higgins and locate him," said Hollis. "On Whelan, we did recover a weapon that was involved in that shooting and another weapon, but we are still investigating the origin of those weapons and where they came from."

Once Higgins was questioned and arrested, police said, they went to Stites' home, where the standoff began.

Now, both teens are in jail with the possibility of facing more than 20 felony charges each.

Police said the suspects were also working with a juvenile.

"I'm hoping that we can bring some piece of mind to victims in this case that we're going to be bringing it to a close," said Hollis.

Detectives said they have recovered some of the property stolen during the break-ins, but they won't say what.

Stites and Higgins will make their first appearance in court on Thursday.

Anyone with information related to the case should call Jeffersonville police detectives or the anonymous tip line at 812-218-TIPS.

Police said both suspects have been in trouble with the law before.

Stites currently has pending charges of receiving stolen property.

Both face the possibility of being charged with multiple counts of theft, auto theft and burglary.